Comments on: Daschled Again

By: jogger

jogger — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:07:44 +0000

The L-3 story (and Linda Daschle) are DC horror stories in need of wider exposure and public outrage.

Tom and Linda are the couple from Hell. (Right up there with Mary and James.)

By: Mauimom

Mauimom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:56:38 +0000

Good on you!!!

Got any family members, neighbors, co-workers, friends you can sic on her? [Maybe even offer to do it for ‘em.]

By: jogger

jogger — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:55:58 +0000

Understood. However, the point is Thune doesn’t pretend to be anything than the tool you describe.

By: PJEvans

PJEvans — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:25:40 +0000

I’ve hit Feinstein’s e-mail at least three times in the last few days. Also the WH, at least twice.

I’m considering the pitchfork.

By: PJEvans

PJEvans — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:24:38 +0000

We knew what we were doing.
We have a governor who’s not quite smart enough to realize that we have to tax the rich as well as the poor and the middle class, and a legislature that’s hamstrung by a double handful of overgrown children (most of them members of the party of No).
What we need to do is (a) get rid of the supermajority requirement in the legislature and (b) require more signatures on initiatives, to guarantee real public interest - at least 5 percent of the electorate (without paid signature collectors), and preferably 10 (with paid signature collectors, but preferably without them).

By: JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin

JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:41:31 +0000

Republicans used reconciliation all the time when they governed.

I can see why the South Dakotans through Daschle out in 2004. They put an actual Republican in there, not a faux Dem who acts like a Republican.

When you have a choice between a Republican, and a Democrat who acts like a Republican, they’ll choose the Republican every time…Harry Truman….

By: Mauimom

Mauimom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:17:03 +0000

The response doesn’t really matter [’cause you’re not gonna change Congressional minds, and it’s the staff grums who write those things anyway].

It is important, however, to drive up the NUMBERS of contacts howling for a public option. Write, call, e-mail to both the DC office and to local “district offices” [contact #’s can usually be found on the web site].

All that’s really important is staff reporting to the Congresscritter, “hey, we’re getting swamped with communications from constituents clamoring for that ‘public option’ thing.”

This is usually more effective in a House district than in the whole state a Senator represents.

By: Mauimom

Mauimom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:11:18 +0000

on topic: I used to wonder how Tom Daschle lost South Dakota given his leadership position. I wonder no more.
He’s a sleazy money grubbing pol and I guess the people of South Dakota knew that better than the rest of us

Part of the reason for Daschle’s loss was voter suppression on Native American reservations — more of Rove’s dirty tricks.

His replacement — Republican Tool Thune — is a stupider, uglier Norm Coleman.

It was, and continues to be, a lose-lose situation

By: Mauimom

Mauimom — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:05:20 +0000

I really appreciate your efforts, Jane, but more and more, it appears we are a dysfunctional nation.

Poor Obama got all those votes and super approval ratings, but he doesn’t appear to have a clue.

I just watched Hardball [don’t usually do so, but husband had it on]. Chuck Todd was in for Idiot Matthews, and his “guest” was WH Press Secretary Gibbs.

Gibbs was going on and on about O’s accomplishments and “bi-partisanism,” pointing with pride to the x-100 Republican amendments they’d included in the energy bill.

It was all I could do not to hurl a shoe at the screen, while I was screaming about the idiocy of worshipping at the altar of bi-partisanship, and querying whether all those amendments a) had done anything worth doing and b) had attracted any Republican votes. [No on both I suspect.]

Crap, I couldn’t listen to or watch the news during Bush, and it’s approaching that state under Obama, after only 6 months.

By: dosido

dosido — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:29:39 +0000

thanks. I was being snarky with Sen. Feinstein. :]